From Russia's Army 2017 International Military-Technical Forum and the Mayweather-McGregor boxing bout, to hurricane Harvey's aftermath in Texas and the tropical storm Pakhar in Hong Kong — take a look at this week's events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
Members of American girl band Fifth Harmony perform onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards 2017 in Inglewood, California, US, on August 27, 2017.
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Participants of "Tomatina," the annual tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol, Spain, on August 30, 2017.
Dina Averina (Russia) performs her ball routine at the finals of the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Pesaro, Italy, on August 30, 2017.
Musicians from the Valery Khalilov Moscow Suvorov Military Music College perform at the opening ceremony of the 10th International Military Music Festival “Spasskaya Tower” in Moscow, Russia, on August 26, 2017.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. lands a glove on Conor McGregor during their boxing match at the at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on August 26, 2017.
Smoke rises during clashes between joint forces of Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces against the Daesh militants in Tal Afar, Iraq, on August 26, 2017.
The railway arch of the unfinished Crimean Bridge, which is to span Kerch Strait in Crimea, Russia, has been raised to its projected height on August 29, 2017.
President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (second left) at the opening ceremony of the 31st Judo World Championships in the Laszlo Papp in Budapest, Hungar, on August 28, 2017.
A rescue helicopter hovers in the background as an elderly woman and her poodle use an air mattress to float above flood waters from hurricane Harvey while waiting to be rescued from Scarsdale Boulevard in Houston, Texas, US, on August 27, 2017.
Visitors at the Army 2017 International Military-Technical Forum in Moscow Region, Russia, on August 26, 2017.
A participant of Retrofest, the seventh festival of old and classic cars in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park in Russia on August 26, 2017.
A member of the Militia of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces teaches a woman how to use a rifle during a military exercise in Caracas, Venezuela, August 26, 2017.
Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the highest mountain on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia and the highest active volcano of Eurasia spews ash to a height of 6,000 meters. The image of the stratovolcano, published by Roskosmos on August 28, 2017, was taken by Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazantsev from the ISS.
Russia’s Maria Sharapova beats Simona Halep of Romania in Ashe Stadium on day one at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, US, on August 28, 2017.
French president Emmanuel Macron gestures towards his dog Nemo during a meeting with German Vice Chancellor and German Foreign Minister at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on August 30, 2017.
A performance by the Strizhi aerobatics team on MiG-29 fighters during demonstration flights at the Army 2017 International Military-Technical Forum at the Kubinka air field in Moscow Region, Russia, on August 26, 2017.
Models present creations from the Amir Slama collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 30, 2017.
Annual Corda Festival celebrations in the village of Paterna near Valencia, Spain, on August 28, 2017.
A firefighter of the Russian Emergencies Ministry extinguish a fire at the Zhemchuzhina private retirement home in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on August 28, 2017.
The crew of a T-72 B1 tank during a drill at the Kadamovsky base, Rostov Region, Russia, on August 29, 2017.
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People hold umbrellas against the strong wind caused by tropical storm Pakhar near the waterfront of Victoria Habour in Hong Kong, China, on August 27, 2017.
The opening ceremony of the 10th International Military Music Festival “Spasskaya Tower” in Moscow, Russia, on August 26, 2017.
Syrian girls pose for a photograph against a bullet-riddled wall in the rebel-held village of Kafr Ghan, in the northern countryside of Aleppo, on August 28, 2017.
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Costumed revelers perform at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Great Britain, on August 28, 2017.
Young people are seen here on an observation deck in Moscow, Russia, on August 29, 2017.
